Arlan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arlan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arlan: Recorded every year since 2008, its highest recorded position is #2,320, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#2320highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#2613
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#3040
2018	#3011
2019	#2488
2020	#2404
2021	#3451
2022	#2320
2023	#2546
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #4432 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #2320 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arlan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	57	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arlan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2320 in England and Wales in 2022.

Arlan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,320, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amadeus · #2320, 16y
Khadra · #2320, 20y
Lucah · #2320, 14y
Mete · #2320, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Akari · #2320, 9y
Amadeus · #2320, 16y
Edis · #2320, 10y
Lucah · #2320, 14y

Arlan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arlan without appearing here.

Arlan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4789.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2804 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Arlan

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Arlan

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 while Aaron went from #55 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 while Alex went from #47 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 while Alexander went from #19 to #36.

Moved the same way as Arlan

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 and Aksel from #3158 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 and Albie from #341 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 and Archie from #31 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlan went from #4432 to #2443 and Arlo from #567 to #15.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2320 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arlan

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Arlan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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